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IN RE AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, ILL., ETC.

MDL 391, No. 79 C 2444.

526 F.Supp. 226 (1981)

In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ON MAY 25, 1979 This Document Relates to, Syed HAIDER, as Administrator of the Estate of Victoria Chen Haider, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. McDONNELL DOUGLAS CORPORATION, a corporation; and American Airlines, Inc., a corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

November 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Kennelly, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff Syed Haider.

Norman J. Barry and Christoper G. Walsh, Jr., Rothschild, Barry & Myers, Chicago, Ill., for defendant McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Thomas D. Allen, Robert E. Haley, Elise E. Singer, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, Ill., for defendant American Airlines, Inc.

William P. Butler and C. Kevin McCabe, Lord, Bissell & Brooke, Chicago, Ill., for Motor Vehicle Mfrs. Ass'n of the United States, Inc. (amicus curiae).

ROBSON and WILL, District Judges.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Victoria Chen Haider, a resident of Illinois, was one of 273 people who died in the crash of an airplane, built by McDonnell Douglas Corporation (MDC), and owned and operated by American Airlines (American), outside Chicago on May 25, 1979. The wrongful death action brought by her husband (who is still a resident of Illinois), as the administrator of her estate, was consolidated with approximately 150...

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